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Get down and dirty with the following hands-on food activities! For most of these you’ll need to bring a jar to make and take home your creations, but don’t fret if you forget. There will be jars available for purchase at the DIY Pop-Up Shop.

Make Your Own Sourdough Starter With Danny Paz Grabiner of Sour Flour
Want to make your own sourdough bread? Give it life by creating a sourdough starter that contains the culture necessary to create that distinctive sour taste. Danny Paz Grabiner of Sour Flour will discuss the factors that affect a starter, such as hydration, temperature, time and feeding ratios.

DIY: Danny will provide the materials for you to make your own sourdough starter at the Eat Real Festival, so bring your own 1 quart jar to store it and take it home.

Hiramasa With Whole Foods Market
Are you ever confused by the benefits and draw-backs of farmed fish? Join Whole Foods Market for a workshop on farmed fish and the more specific uses of the sustainably farmed fish, hiramasa. Whole Foods will show how to break hiramasa down and fillet it, as well as pass out recipes.

Make Your Own Tamales With La Borinqueña Mexi-catessen
Join the tamale experts at La Borinqueña Mexi-catessen and make your own tamales by hand! Great activity for kids.

Happy Girl Kitchen Co.’s Kraut-a-thon
Ready? Set? Sauerkraut! Happy Girl Kitchen Co. is crowdsourcing their sauerkraut at the Eat Real Festival. How does that work? A large group of people will chop up cabbage, carrots and onions at communal tables and take it all home in a jar. Let that jar sit a few weeks for tasty fermentation and enjoy!

DIY: We’ll have materials for you to make your sauerkraut, but you’ll need to bring your own jar or purchase one from Happy Girl for $3 before the workshop. Happy Girl will supply recipe and instruction cards for the fermentation process. Come early to guarantee a spot!

Grow Your Own Mushrooms With Far West Fungi
Crazy about mushrooms? Learn how to grow your own oyster mushrooms with Far West Fungi. They’ll supply all the newspaper and mycelium you’ll need to start growing your own edible mushrooms to take home!

Garden Starter Newspaper Seed Pots for Kids With Veggielution Community Farm
This kid-friendly demo taught by Veggielution Community Farm of San Jose will teach you how to start a garden with a little newspaper, dirt and seeds.

Garden Starter Pots for Kids With Maria Finn of City Dirt

 

Home Sausage Making With John Stewart of Black Pig
Learn the ins and outs of home sausage making with John Stewart of Black Pig and Zazu. John will explain spicing mixes, fat to lean ratio and how to use a stuffer.

Air-Chilled Chicken With Whole Foods Market
Join Whole Foods Market for a talk on the humane treatment of farm animals and the benefits of air-chilled chicken. Whole Foods will discuss their own animal welfare standards and their stringent 5-step program. This will be followed by a butchery/cooking demo with air-chilled chicken, including take-home recipes.

Kickin’ Kombucha With Jessica Prentice, Owner of Three Stone Hearth
Can’t get enough of that healthy fizzy drink? Learn how to make your own kickin’ kombucha with Jessica Prentice of Three Stone Hearth.

DIY: Can’t wait to get started? Jessica will be giving away small portions of a kombucha mother, so bring your own jar to take home.

Homemade Bitters With Greg Lindgren of Rye SF
Join Rye’s master mixologist Greg Lindgren for a workshop on bitters. Get in on the upsurge in popularity of artisan cocktail making and small-batch alcohol by learning one of the traditional alcohol arts.

DIY: There will be a limited amount of bitter ingredients to take home.